[R] how to separate char and num within a variable

Hi all, I read in a column which looks like chr1:000889594-000889638, and need to break them into three columns like chr1:, 000889594 and 000889638. How shall I do in R. Thanks a lot for your suggestions! Bill __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list

Re: [R] how to separate char and num within a variable

Bill Hyman wrote: Hi all, I read in a column which looks like chr1:000889594-000889638, and need to break them into three columns like chr1:, 000889594 and 000889638. How shall I do in R. Thanks a lot for your suggestions! if strings is your vector of strings, this should do (assuming

Re: [R] how to separate char and num within a variable

on 02/05/2009 05:20 PM Bill Hyman wrote: Hi all, I read in a column which looks like chr1:000889594-000889638, and need to break them into three columns like chr1:, 000889594 and 000889638. How shall I do in R. Thanks a lot for your suggestions! See ?strsplit Vec - chr1:000889594-000889638

Re: [R] how to separate char and num within a variable

Thx a lot! It works - Original Message From: Wacek Kusnierczyk waclaw.marcin.kusnierc...@idi.ntnu.no To: Bill Hyman billhym...@yahoo.com Cc: R help r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 3:38:34 PM Subject: Re: [R] how to separate char and num within a variable Bill

Re: [R] how to separate char and num within a variable

Thx a lot! - Original Message From: Marc Schwartz marc_schwa...@comcast.net To: Bill Hyman billhym...@yahoo.com Cc: r-help@r-project.org Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 3:39:53 PM Subject: Re: [R] how to separate char and num within a variable on 02/05/2009 05:20 PM Bill Hyman wrote:

Re: [R] how to separate char and num within a variable

Thank you! - Original Message From: markle...@verizon.net markle...@verizon.net To: Bill Hyman billhym...@yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 3:35:54 PM Subject: RE: [R] how to separate char and num within a variable hi: you can do below but there should possibly be a better